Where does “hedelmäpeli” come from?

hedelmäpeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish peli, from Middle Low German spel, from Old Saxon spil, from Proto-West Germanic spil — dance; game, exercise.

hedelmäpeli (Finnish): slot machine, fruit machine gambling machine

Definitions

  1. slot machine, fruit machine gambling machine

Ancestry of “hedelmäpeli”, step by step

hedelmäpeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish peli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpeligame; match, game; game; tool, means, implement,...
2Middle Low Germanspel—
3Old Saxonspil—
4Proto-West Germanicspildance; game, exercise

via Finnish hedelmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhedelmäfruit
2Proto-Finnicheidelmä—
Every word from Proto-West Germanic spil →Every word from Old Saxon spil →Every word from Middle Low German spel →